1938–39 Football League

47th season of the Football League The Football League 1938–39 Everton New Team in League Ipswich Town 1937–38 1939–40 The 1938–39 season was the 47th season of the Football League. Final league tables The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation websitehttps://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1938-39.html England 1938-39 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2010-02-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20100205203350/http://rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1938-39.html 5 February 2010 live and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. with home and away statistics separated. Match results are drawn from The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and Rothmans for the First Division and from Rothmans for the Second Division and for the two Third Divisions. Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals, if the teams had a positive goal difference. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season. From the 1922–23 season, the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South were required to apply for re-election. First Division First Division 1938–39 Everton5th English title BirminghamLeicester City Tommy Lawton(35 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 Middlesbrough 9–2 Blackpool(10 December 1938)Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–0 Everton(22 February 1939) Leicester City 1–5 Charlton Athletic(9 February 1939)Charlton Athletic 0–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers(10 December 1938)Sunderland 1–5 Aston Villa(26 December 1938) Middlesbrough 9–2 Blackpool(10 December 1938) 462 1418 1937–38 1939–40 main WDL First Division World Football EVE, WOL, CHA, MID, ARS, DER, STK, BOL, PNE, GRI, LIV, AVL, LEE, MUN, BLP, SUN, POR, BRE, HUD, CHE, BIR, LEI 1st REL REL complete 19 9 14 55 41 16 9 17 71 60 12 8 22 62 84 12 14 16 56 68 15 15 12 67 58 14 8 20 53 74 22 6 14 75 59 12 9 21 64 80 19 8 15 66 55 27 5 10 88 52 16 11 15 61 69 12 11 19 58 64 16 9 17 59 67 9 11 22 48 82 14 14 14 62 63 11 16 15 57 65 20 9 13 93 74 12 13 17 47 70 16 12 14 63 59 17 12 13 71 68 13 12 17 54 67 22 11 9 88 39 C R R Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Brentford Charlton Athletic Chelsea Derby County Everton Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Middlesbrough Portsmouth Preston North End Stoke City Sunderland Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored R yellow red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey ARS AST BIR BLP BOL BRE CHA CHE DER EVE GRI HUD LEE LEI LIV MUN MID POR PNE STK SUN WOL Arsenal 0–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–3 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 0–0 Aston Villa 1–3 5–1 3–1 1–3 5–0 2–0 6–2 0–1 0–3 0–2 4–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 Birmingham 1–2 3–0 2–1 0–2 5–1 3–4 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 0–0 3–3 2–1 2–0 1–3 1–2 1–2 3–2 Blackpool 1–0 2–4 2–1 0–0 4–1 0–0 5–1 2–2 0–2 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–5 4–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 4–2 1–1 3–2 2–2 4–0 3–1 0–0 4–1 5–1 0–2 1–3 2–1 0–0 Brentford 1–0 2–4 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–5 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–3 0–1 Charlton Athletic 1–0 1–0 4–4 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–3 7–1 3–0 3–3 3–1 4–2 3–0 0–4 Chelsea 4–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–3 0–2 0–2 5–1 3–0 2–2 3–0 4–1 0–1 4–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 4–0 1–3 Derby County 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 5–1 1–4 0–1 2–0 5–0 1–0 2–2 Everton 2–0 3–0 4–2 4–0 2–1 2–1 1–4 4–1 2–2 3–0 3–2 4–0 4–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 5–1 0–0 1–1 6–2 1–0 Grimsby Town 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–3 3–2 6–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 2–4 Huddersfield Town 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 4–0 3–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 3–0 1–4 0–1 1–2 Leeds United 4–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–4 1–2 0–1 2–1 8–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 3–3 1–0 Leicester City 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–4 0–0 1–1 1–5 3–2 2–3 3–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 5–3 5–0 2–1 2–2 0–2 0–2 Liverpool 2–2 3–0 4–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–3 2–2 3–3 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 4–4 4–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 Manchester United 1–0 1–1 4–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 0–2 5–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 Middlesbrough 1–1 1–1 2–2 9–2 1–2 3–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 4–4 3–2 4–1 1–2 3–2 3–0 3–1 8–2 2–2 5–1 3–0 1–0 Portsmouth 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 1–3 0–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 Preston North End 2–1 3–2 5–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 4–2 Stoke City 1–0 3–1 6–3 1–1 4–1 3–2 1–0 6–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 3–1 3–1 5–3 Sunderland 0–0 1–5 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–3 5–2 1–2 0–2 1–2 3–0 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 5–2 3–1 2–0 0–0 7–0 5–0 3–0 4–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 6–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–0 Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League First Division London teams Greater London 51.558 -0.103 right Greater London 51.486 -0.31 right Greater London 51.486 0.036 right Greater London 51.482 -0.191 right Arsenal Brentford Charlton Athletic Chelsea England none 369 Locations of the Football League First Division teams England 51.56 -0.10 right England 52.54 -1.87 right England 52.48 -1.89 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 53.59 -2.56 right England 51.486 -0.31 right England 51.47 0.07 right England 51.50 -0.19 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 53.47 -2.97 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 53.64 -1.78 right England 53.78 -1.57 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 50.80 -1.06 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Blackpool Bolton Brentford Charlton Chelsea Derby County Everton Grimsby Town Huddersfield Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Middlesbrough Portsmouth Preston North End Stoke Sunderland Wolverhampton Wanderers Second Division Second Division 1938–39 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn RoversSheffield United Norwich CityTranmere Rovers Hugh Billington(28 goals) Sheffield Wednesday 7–0 Norwich City(19 November 1938) Tranmere Rovers 3–9 Manchester City(26 December 1938) Tranmere Rovers 3–9 Manchester City(26 December 1938) 462 1441 1937–38 1939–40 main WDL Second Division BLA, SHU, SHW, COV, MCI, CHF, LUT, TOT, NEW, WBA, WHU, FUL, MIL, BUR, PLY, BRY, BPA, SOU, SWA, NFO, NOR, TRA PRO PRO RELS RELN complete 25 5 12 94 60 12 11 19 61 82 15 9 18 50 56 12 13 17 65 74 20 9 13 69 52 21 8 13 62 45 17 10 15 61 55 22 5 15 82 66 21 7 14 96 72 14 14 14 64 53 18 10 14 61 48 13 5 24 50 91 10 11 21 49 82 15 8 19 49 55 20 14 8 69 41 21 11 10 88 59 13 9 20 56 82 11 12 19 50 83 19 9 14 67 62 6 5 31 39 99 18 9 15 89 72 17 10 15 70 52 C, P P R R Blackburn Rovers Bradford (Park Avenue) Burnley Bury Chesterfield Coventry City Fulham Luton Town Manchester City Millwall Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Plymouth Argyle Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Swansea Town Tottenham Hotspur Tranmere Rovers West Bromwich Albion West Ham United 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored PR green1 Promotion to the First Division red1 Relegation to the Third Division North red1 Relegation to the Third Division South Results main FBR grey BLB BPA BUR BRY CHF COV FUL LUT MCI MIL NEW NWC NOT PLY SHU SHW SOU SWA TOT TRA WBA WHU Blackburn Rovers 6–4 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 2–1 2–0 3–3 3–1 3–0 6–0 3–2 4–0 1–2 2–4 3–0 4–0 3–1 3–2 3–0 3–1 Bradford Park Avenue 0–4 2–2 3–2 0–0 0–2 1–5 2–1 4–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 2–2 0–3 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 4–4 1–2 Burnley 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–3 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–3 1–0 Bury 2–4 0–1 1–0 3–1 5–0 0–2 2–5 1–5 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 3–0 2–2 2–3 5–2 4–0 3–1 5–0 3–3 1–1 Chesterfield 0–2 2–2 3–2 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–3 3–0 2–0 2–0 7–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 6–1 6–1 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 Coventry City 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 5–1 1–2 0–3 1–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 Fulham 2–3 4–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–2 Luton Town 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 5–0 1–3 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–4 2–0 1–5 6–2 6–3 0–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 Manchester City 3–2 5–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 3–5 1–2 1–6 4–1 4–1 3–0 1–3 3–2 1–1 2–1 5–0 2–0 5–2 3–3 2–4 Millwall 4–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 6–0 5–0 3–0 4–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–5 0–2 Newcastle United 2–2 1–0 3–2 6–0 0–1 0–4 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–2 4–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 5–1 5–1 2–0 Norwich City 4–0 1–3 4–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–3 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–3 2–6 Nottingham Forest 1–3 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 2–4 3–4 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 3–3 0–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 4–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 4–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 Sheffield United 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 5–1 1–2 6–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 Sheffield Wednesday 3–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 5–1 4–1 3–1 3–1 0–2 7–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–4 Southampton 1–3 3–2 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 0–4 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 4–3 4–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–2 Swansea Town 2–1 2–2 4–0 3–3 1–1 2–4 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 3–2 3–2 Tottenham Hotspur 4–3 2–2 1–0 4–3 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–3 4–0 1–0 4–1 4–1 1–0 2–2 3–3 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 Tranmere Rovers 1–1 2–1 0–3 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–3 3–9 2–0 0–3 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–4 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–1 2–2 West Bromwich Albion 2–0 0–2 1–2 6–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 0–0 5–2 4–2 0–0 4–2 3–4 5–1 2–0 0–0 4–3 2–0 3–2 West Ham United 1–2 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 5–0 2–1 0–0 2–3 1–2 5–2 0–2 6–1 2–1 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams Greater London 51.475 -0.222 right Greater London 51.481 -0.048 right Greater London 51.603 -0.066 right Greater London 51.532 0.039 right Fulham Millwall Tottenham West Ham England none 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division teams England 53.75 -2.48 right England 53.76 -1.78 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 52.41 -1.51 right England 51.45 -0.24 right England 51.9 -0.433 right England 53.47 -2.18 right England 51.48 -0.048 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 52.63 1.30 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 50.39 -4.15 right England 53.38 -1.47 right England 53.32 -1.47 right England 50.91 -1.39 right England 51.62 -3.95 right England 51.63 -0.063 right England 53.37 -3.04 right England 52.52 -1.97 right England 51.54 0.040 right Blackburn Rovers Bradford Park Avenue Burnley Bury Chesterfield Coventry Fulham Luton Town Manchester City Millwall Newcastle Norwich City Nottingham Forest Plymouth Argyle Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Swansea Town Tottenham Tranmere West Bromwich Albion West Ham Third Division North Football LeagueThird Division North 1938–1939 Barnsley (2nd title) Wally Hunt (Carlisle United), 32 Failed re-election None 462 1609 1937–38 1939–40 main WDL Third Division North 5 2 y PR BAR Barnsley DON Doncaster Rovers BRA Bradford City SOU Southport OLD Oldham Athletic CHE Chester HUL Hull City CRE Crewe Alexandra STP Stockport County GAT Gateshead ROT Rotherham United HAL Halifax Town BRW Barrow WRE Wrexham ROC Rochdale NWB New Brighton LIN Lincoln City DAR Darlington CRL Carlisle United YOR York City HAR Hartlepools United ACC Accrington Stanley 30 7 5 94 34 21 14 7 87 47 22 8 12 89 56 20 10 12 75 54 22 5 15 76 59 20 9 13 88 70 18 10 14 83 74 19 6 17 82 70 17 9 16 91 77 14 14 14 74 67 17 8 17 64 64 13 16 13 52 54 16 9 17 66 65 17 7 18 66 79 15 9 18 92 82 15 9 18 68 73 12 9 21 66 92 13 7 22 62 92 13 7 22 66 111 12 8 22 64 92 12 7 23 55 94 7 6 29 49 103 CP green1 Promotion to the Second Division C red2 Re-elected REE REE complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ACC BAR BRW BRA CRL CHE CRE DAR DON GAT HAL HAR HUL LIN NWB OLD ROC ROT SOU STP WRE YOR Accrington Stanley 0–2 0–2 2–3 1–1 2–3 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–4 1–2 1–3 0–5 2–1 1–4 3–2 3–1 3–1 Barnsley 4–1 4–0 5–2 3–0 3–0 5–2 7–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 5–1 4–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 Barrow 2–3 1–2 2–1 5–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 4–4 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 3–1 4–1 4–0 0–2 4–0 2–0 Bradford City 2–1 0–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 6–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 6–2 3–0 3–3 1–4 3–0 5–2 2–1 4–0 4–0 6–0 Carlisle United 6–4 3–1 3–0 0–2 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 4–3 1–1 2–0 5–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–3 Chester 1–0 2–1 1–2 3–2 6–1 4–0 0–0 0–4 2–2 5–1 8–2 1–1 0–0 1–3 4–2 0–0 1–4 2–0 4–3 4–2 5–1 Crewe Alexandra 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 7–1 0–2 2–0 1–2 3–2 2–2 3–2 0–1 6–0 7–1 1–2 4–1 0–0 4–2 2–1 1–0 8–2 Darlington 3–0 0–1 3–1 0–4 2–1 3–3 1–0 1–2 5–2 1–0 3–0 0–1 3–1 3–0 3–3 1–2 3–1 0–2 4–3 3–1 1–2 Doncaster Rovers 7–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 4–1 1–2 4–1 2–3 0–0 3–1 1–0 4–1 4–1 3–2 5–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 Gateshead 4–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–5 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 4–0 0–3 2–0 2–2 7–1 0–0 4–1 5–1 2–3 Halifax Town 2–0 1–4 1–0 2–2 5–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–3 0–2 2–1 Hartlepool 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 2–5 0–1 3–0 1–3 3–1 1–0 3–3 2–1 3–2 0–0 4–2 1–1 0–2 4–2 0–0 3–2 Hull City 6–1 0–1 4–0 3–2 11–1 3–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 4–2 3–0 0–2 3–3 0–2 2–1 4–4 1–1 2–0 Lincoln City 3–0 2–4 1–1 4–0 2–1 0–3 3–2 3–0 2–5 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–3 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 3–2 8–3 3–3 New Brighton 4–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–3 1–3 1–2 3–0 3–6 0–1 1–0 5–2 6–1 3–2 0–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–3 3–2 Oldham Athletic 2–0 4–2 1–0 2–1 6–0 1–3 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 4–2 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–4 3–1 4–2 6–0 Rochdale 4–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–3 5–2 5–0 6–1 1–1 5–2 4–5 3–4 4–0 4–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 5–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 Rotherham United 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 4–0 2–0 4–1 3–3 0–0 2–2 0–1 5–1 0–2 1–3 0–0 3–1 7–1 1–0 3–2 3–0 2–0 Southport 1–0 0–0 4–1 2–2 7–1 2–0 1–2 4–1 0–4 2–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 4–1 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 Stockport County 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 5–1 5–2 1–2 3–2 3–3 5–0 2–2 3–3 1–1 3–1 1–2 5–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 Wrexham 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–5 3–2 0–4 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–2 3–0 4–2 1–0 1–2 4–1 1–0 2–0 4–3 2–1 1–3 York City 2–2 2–3 2–3 0–1 4–1 2–2 4–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 4–1 0–7 0–1 2–3 1–2 1–0 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps England none 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams England 53.75 -2.36 right England 53.55 -1.48 right England 54.11 -3.23 right England 53.82 -1.73 right England 54.90 -2.91 right England 53.19 -2.89 right England 53.099 -2.44 right England 54.53 -1.55 right England 53.52 -1.133 right England 54.95 -1.6 right England 53.72 -1.86 right England 54.69 -1.21 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 53.43 -3.05 right England 53.54 -2.12 right England 53.61 -2.16 right England 53.43 -1.36 right England 53.65 -3.01 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 53.03 -2.98 right England 53.96 -1.08 right Accrington Stanley Barnsley Barrow Bradford C. Carlisle United Chester Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Gateshead Halifax T. Hartlepool Hull Lincoln City New Brighton Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Southport Stockport Wrexham York City Third Division South Football LeagueThird Division South 1938–1939 Newport County (1st title) Ben Morton (Swindon Town), 28 http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=MORTONBE Ben Morton player profile Swindon Town 2010-11-06 Failed re-election None 462 1319 1937–38 1939–40 main WDL Third Division South PR y 5 2 NPC Newport County CRY Crystal Palace B&HA Brighton & Hove Albion WAT Watford REA Reading QPR Queens Park Rangers IPS Ipswich Town BRI Bristol City SWI Swindon Town ALD Aldershot NTC Notts County STD Southend United CAR Cardiff City EXE Exeter City B&BA Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic MAN Mansfield Town NOR Northampton Town PTV Port Vale TOR Torquay United CLA Clapton Orient WAL Walsall BRR Bristol Rovers 22 11 9 58 45 20 12 10 71 52 19 11 12 68 49 17 12 13 62 51 16 14 12 69 59 15 14 13 68 49 16 12 14 62 52 16 12 14 61 63 18 8 16 72 77 16 12 14 53 66 17 9 16 59 54 16 9 17 61 64 15 11 16 61 65 13 14 15 65 82 13 13 16 52 58 12 15 15 44 62 15 8 19 51 58 14 9 19 52 58 14 9 19 54 70 11 13 18 53 55 11 11 20 68 69 10 13 19 55 61 CP green1 Promotion to the Second Division C red2 Re-elected REE REE complete Results main FBR grey ALD B&BA B&HA BRI BRR CAR CLA CRY EXE IPS MAN NPC NOR NTC PTV QPR REA STD SWI TOR WAL WAT Aldershot 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 4–0 2–0 4–0 5–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 3–2 1–1 4–2 0–0 0–4 2–0 2–5 3–1 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–3 1–1 1–0 6–3 1–2 2–0 0–0 6–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 3–0 4–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 Bristol City 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 4–1 3–2 2–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 5–1 2–2 5–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–0 Bristol Rovers 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 4–1 3–3 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–4 4–1 5–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 Cardiff City 2–4 5–0 4–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 4–1 2–4 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 5–3 Clapton Orient 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 3–3 1–1 0–0 1–3 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 5–0 5–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 Crystal Palace 3–0 3–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 2–0 4–2 3–2 3–0 6–2 1–1 2–0 5–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 4–3 1–1 1–3 4–0 2–0 Exeter City 3–3 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–4 3–0 2–0 3–1 3–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 3–2 3–3 0–0 1–2 3–2 1–3 Ipswich Town 7–2 0–2 0–0 4–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–2 5–1 1–4 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 4–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 5–1 Mansfield Town 1–0 2–0 4–2 3–2 1–3 2–2 1–0 0–0 4–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 4–0 0–0 0–0 Newport County 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 6–4 1–0 2–1 1–0 Northampton Town 5–0 2–0 1–4 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–4 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 4–1 4–1 2–0 Notts County 1–1 0–1 4–3 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 5–1 0–0 0–3 Port Vale 1–3 2–0 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 2–0 0–1 5–1 1–2 Queens Park Rangers 7–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 5–0 1–1 1–2 5–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 Reading 5–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 5–1 3–1 2–1 2–4 3–0 3–0 3–5 1–1 3–2 Southend 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–3 1–1 2–0 3–0 Swindon Town 2–1 4–2 3–2 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 8–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 2–2 4–2 2–1 3–1 1–4 3–0 Torquay United 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–1 2–2 1–3 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–0 1–3 0–1 2–1 Walsall 2–2 1–2 0–2 5–0 2–2 6–3 5–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–3 4–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 5–0 5–0 2–0 Watford 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 4–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 4–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 4–1 3–1 3–0 4–1 0–0 4–2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams Greater London 51.570 -0.058 right Greater London 51.398 0.085 right Greater London 51.509 -0.232 right Greater London 51.650 -0.401 right Clapton Orient Crystal Palace Queens Park Rangers Watford England none 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams England 51.25 -0.75 right England 50.73 -1.84 right England 50.83 -0.15 right England 51.42 -2.59 right England 51.47 -2.53 right England 51.47 -3.20 right England 51.57 -0.01 right England 51.42 -0.07 right England 50.72 -3.53 right England 52.06 1.14 right England 53.14 -1.20 right England 51.59 -3.00 right England 52.24 -0.90 right England 52.94 -1.137 right England 53.06 -2.21 right England 51.51 -0.23 right England 51.41 -0.97 right England 51.55 0.70 right England 51.56 -1.77 right England 50.48 -3.52 right England 52.58 -1.98 right England 51.65 -0.40 right Aldershot Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Clapton Orient Crystal Palace Exeter City Ipswich Town Mansfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Port Vale QPR Southend Reading Torquay Swindon Walsall Watford Attendances Source:Premier League 1938/1939 - Attendance https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/co91/se4679/attendance/ First Division { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Aston Villa 21 39,932 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Arsenal FC 21 39,102 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Everton FC 21 35,040 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Liverpool FC 21 31,422 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Chelsea FC 21 30,999 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Manchester United 21 30,365 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 29,328 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Birmingham FC 21 25,528 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Charlton Athletic 21 25,141 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Portsmouth FC 21 23,154 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bolton Wanderers 21 23,073 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Stoke City 21 22,392 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Brentford FC 21 22,069 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sunderland AFC 21 21,740 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Preston North End 21 21,534 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Middlesbrough FC 21 21,184 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Leeds United 21 19,309 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Blackpool FC 21 19,178 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Derby County 21 19,101 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Huddersfield Town 21 16,490 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Leicester City 21 16,225 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Grimsby Town 21 12,064 - } Second Division { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Newcastle United 21 32,693 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Manchester City 21 31,291 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Tottenham Hotspur 21 29,397 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Millwall FC 21 27,387 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sheffield Wednesday 21 27,147 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sheffield United 21 26,022 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count West Ham United 21 20,135 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Coventry City 21 19,506 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Fulham FC 21 18,679 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count West Bromwich Albion 21 18,400 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Blackburn Rovers 21 18,262 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Plymouth Argyle 21 16,735 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Luton Town 21 15,327 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Southampton FC 21 14,596 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Norwich City 21 14,242 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Burnley FC 21 13,731 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Chesterfield FC 21 13,272 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Nottingham Forest 21 13,033 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Swansea Town 21 10,843 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bury FC 21 10,175 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bradford Park Avenue 21 10,005 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Tranmere Rovers 21 9,938 - } See also 1938-39 in English football 1938 in association football 1939 in association football References Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. 1938–39 League